#A99E1C#A99E1C

#A99E1C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.138 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A99E1C
RGB	rgb(169, 158, 28)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -9.60, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 63.03, 98.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0339 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.138 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8000, 32.9738, 5.9459)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A99E1C #1C27A9

analogous

#A9571C #A99E1C #6DA91C

triadic

#A99E1C #1CA99E #9E1CA9

tetradic

#A99E1C #1CA957 #1C27A9 #A91C6D

square

#A99E1C #1CA957 #1C27A9 #A91C6D

split-complementary

#A99E1C #1C6DA9 #571CA9

monochromatic

#403C0B #746D13 #A99E1C #DBCD27 #E4D95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A99E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#A99E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A99E1C

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A99E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A99E1C	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a99e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 158, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.138 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba66',
    500: '#a99e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a99e1c;
$custom-light: #c7ba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a99e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68758,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A99E1C

secondary

#5962C8

accent

#48EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A99E1C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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